Morning Post reporter Xu Yimei/Wenquan City Winter Swimming Association/Photo provided
"Open your eyes, it's saved..." At around 11:30 a.m. yesterday, a 29-year-old woman was caught by a 29-year-old after jumping from the Sunjiang Bridge in Quanzhou City. Jiangxi native Hu Yongping and 65-year-old Quanzhou Winter Swimming Association member Xu Zhaokai worked together to rescue her, and Quanzhou Winter Swimming Association member Chen Hongteng continued to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her for more than 2 minutes. After this relay rescue, the woman who had lost consciousness after falling into the water showed signs of awakening, and everyone could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
City Winter Swimming Association members assisted two rescue warriors to lift the woman ashore ." Recalling the scene of saving people at noon, 65-year-old Xu Zhaokai still felt very thrilling.
"Someone fell into the water!" At 11:33 a.m. yesterday, Xu Zhaokai, who was swimming under the Sunjiang Bridge, was about to go ashore when he suddenly heard a cry for help from someone washing clothes on the shore. He followed the sound and found that in the middle of the Sunjiang Bridge near the east of the Broken Bridge, there was a hand struggling on the water, and soon disappeared, more than 50 meters away from Xu Zhaokai.
On the other side of the shore, Hu Yongping has taken the lifebuoy placed by the Winter Swimming Association on the shore to rescue him. He is a renovation worker and often swims under the Sun River Bridge. At that time, he had finished swimming and was about to leave. After finding the drowning woman, he quickly turned back and prepared to go into the water to save people. At this time, Xu Zhaokai was swimming towards the area where the drowning person was.
They swam to the drowning woman and found that she had lost consciousness and was floating on the water with her back turned upside down. The two hurriedly lifted the woman's head out of the water to avoid further draught. Then Xu Zhaokai grabbed the woman's right hand. Hu Yongping, who was wearing a lifebuoy, was on the woman's left. The two cooperated to rescue her ashore.
At this time, the tide was ebb, the water was turbulent, and the woman was not underweight, so both Xu Zhaokai and Hu Yongping were struggling. At 11:36, the woman was rescued ashore. At this time, Xu Zhaokai and Hu Yongping were exhausted and out of breath, and their limbs were weak.
Relay CPR for 2 minutes They rescued the woman
At the critical moment, 68-year-old member of the Winter Swimming Association, Chen Hongteng, arrived and continued to relay the rescue. Chen Hongteng is a retired employee who has participated in professional first aid training. At 10:00 that morning, he also went to swim under the Sunjiang Bridge. He was about to leave at the time of the incident, but when he saw the woman being rescued to the shore, he quickly cooperated with Chen Guoliang, a member of the Winter Swimming Association, and joined forces with the two people in the water to take the woman away. carried ashore. At this time, everyone found that the woman had no heartbeat, but they did not stop the rescue operation. Chen Hongteng immediately performed CPR on the woman.
Xu Zhaokai said that if the woman jumped from such a high place on the bridge, her body would definitely be injured. In such a critical situation, he and others stood by, hoping that the woman would be able to turn the corner.
After doing CPR for more than 2 minutes, someone noticed that the woman's feet twitched, and then she slowly opened her eyes. Other members of the Winter Swimming Association were also assisting, and CPR continued.
The woman's husband and son rushed to the scene
Surveillance video shows that at 11:42, the husband and son of the drowning woman rushed to the scene, and 5 minutes later, 120 emergency personnel also came. The reporter learned from the Quanzhou City Public Security Bureau Licheng Branch Pontoon Police Station that 120 emergency personnel checked the woman at the scene and found that the woman's vital signs had stabilized, and then the woman was taken home by her family.
The emergency personnel check the woman's physical condition
According to the insider, the woman is 35 years old and a foreigner. She was riding on the Sunjiang Bridge at the time of the incident. She jumped from the bridge after suspected sudden emotional fluctuations. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the warriors struggled to save him, and this turned the corner.
For Xu Zhaokai and Hu Yong and others who are desperate to save lives in a critical moment, the Pontoon Bridge Police Station will declare them the title of "Courageous Action".
